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    REMEMBERING SS UNITED STATES

    Mar 26, 2021 4 minutes

    Thanks for the excellent article on America’s Superliner SS United States (SM, Jan). Maybe a footnote could be inserted with regard to the asbestos issue, which was raised after the ship had been towed to Tuzla, Istanbul. After Greenpeace protests, United States had to be towed to Sevastopol in Ukraine (now part of Russia). After the asbestos was disposed of, this lovely ship was towed back to Philadelphia. Some years ago I went to see the ship, which was in a rather poor state.

    Dr Haluk Kabaalioglu, Istanbul

    Terry Smith, of Mississauga, Canada, supplied this photo of naval architect William Francis Gibbs looking across the water at his creation, United States. The

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